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Your speaking voice is professional. Your advice is good. I was interviewed and did the touch back twice since late February. The HR person was not put off but they said they are re-thinking the position and bringing in a recruiter who specializes in the position and that I was still a candidate. I have not heard anything back and the position has been taken down from their job board.

I think that due to economic conditions, the company may be struggling and cannot go forward with hiring. This is not uncommon and happened to me once before at the start of the economic down-turn.

If I'm calling just to say thanks for the interview and see if there any changes to the time line, this may be a welcome call in some cases. The key here isn't to be pushy in saying, "Give the job now!" as much as it is about acknowledging that in the modern world things can change pretty quickly. I'm not quite sure I see this as aggressive if it is just one call left a couple of days or more after the interview. Could you elaborate on how someone could see this as aggressive just to make the call? It seems like a rather minor point that some people may be so nit-picky about protocol to stick to a, "We said we'd tell you in another few days. Good-bye!" script though I imagine it is possible though a bit of a stretch.

@JB King
You are right. Personally, I would not call it aggressive but there are many on the job search side who are far too passive in their follow up and definitely bound by some mythical protocol. I've also had similar comments from some HR professionals, particularly some who reviewed my book, where I share a very similar sentiment.

Great concept and really good presentation and I will definitely spread the word . . . that's the Good News. ;-)

Now for the Bad News and the Just News . . . comments on the video:

1) While you have a great speaking voice and your presentation is very professional,
the audio came acress [b][i]really[/i][/b] softly . . . I had both my volumn and the video's
volumn up all the way and could barely hear you;

2) Background was a [i][little[/i] cluttered (and could be distracting);

3) The tip was quite valuable (IMHO) and someting that others need to know
. . . especially if they are first timers (or haven't been on the market for a
while).

Over all rating 9 out of 10 (subtracted one for the audio issue ;-) but a great concept, great start, and I am looking forward to future episodes!

Thanks for the input. So here is the deal on the audio - it was my mistake. I was listening back using my headphones, so it sounded so much louder to me. You are not the only person to say this. In fact, I filmed it once and it was "too loud" and I turned the microphone down.

Needless to say, future audio will be louder/clearer and I will listen through my PC speakers.

Backdrop - same thing Freda, who markets me said. For those videos in the office, we'll adjust where we stage them and work on making them less distracting.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! for taking the time to let me know and for the kind words.

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